Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] German politician successfully prosecuted for telling the truth Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 15:45:48 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <20240522125702.0000756a@example.com> <17d212040b63de98$19324$3841210$c6d58c68@news.newsdemon.com> Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 21:45:48 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ba870696565c90ad14db3c244f966bb9"; logging-data="2012166"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/171hIBaUX4YzE1NHcSwcxxEca1q2NV10=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:as3/7pKGMJd9uX4sWdRsep0BNyA= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2540 On 5/23/2024 2:41 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > In article > <17d212040b63de98$19324$3841210$c6d58c68@news.newsdemon.com>, > trotsky wrote: > >> On 5/22/24 5:56 PM, moviePig wrote: >>> On 5/22/2024 6:37 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>> On May 22, 2024 at 9:57:02 AM PDT, "Rhino" >>>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Once again, Leo Kearse hits it out of the park: >>>>> >>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5uW1Htq7XU [10 minutes] >>>> >>>> She cited the government's own statistics and was prosecuted for it. >>>> >>>> Truth is now illegal. >>>> >>>> Orwell (and likely moviePig) would be proud. >>> >>> So, Orwell and I share some view or other?  Sounds okay... > >> Such language described by Orwell is called doublespeak. It is explained >> by William Lutz, author of the book "Doublespeak", as language which >> "makes the bad seem good, the negative appear positive, the unpleasant >> appear attractive or at least tolerable." > > Just like "men are women", "fat is healthy", "taxes can change the > weather", and "free western societies are oppressors" while "murderous > an oppressive Islamic theocracies are victims". For "men are women", which one is bad, negative, and/or unpleasant?